Welcome to TheBatman. Where are you suggesting the use of fiberglass? Most fiberglass composites (glass cloth or roving) in a polymer matrix start to degrade fairly quickly in the sun (a couple of years in the sunny places we like to keep our bonsai).
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A slight space in between the boards will also help water to drain off your bench top so the isn’t just a pool of water sitting on top.
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I just made these display stands because I was running out of room on my benches. I need to stain them but I think they came out ok. Your look great. It is funny how fast you run out of room!
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I only count about 40…
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Obsessing is when… you buy a house… because the dining room is just the RIGHT size for the weaving loom… Fortunately, the property is an acre. JUST the right size for MY obsession…
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Unfortunately, the chickens finally went away (miss the eggs…), NOW I have a 40x40 bonsai shed!
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Love them. Monkey poles are on my list to do for 2021.
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Kurt, five in the ground and two in the shade in addition to what you see. Thank God I have limited space.
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Good thing I have plenty of room… and lots of time on my hands.
I’ve stopped counting the benches…
16? Cinderblock and redwood. They are now winter storage / windbreaks at any rate! Can’t trust global warming… It was 18F in October, it’s 48F today…
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I let the squirrels spread the oak acorns… luckily, they stopped eating my oak bonsai… Someday I will conquer the Utah, Red, White, and English oaks at the foot of the garden. Were going to be bonsai…
Dug up 12 Hawthorne saplings from my yard for a forest this spring, need to do the same for quince (before they kill the softball size fruitbearing main tree…)… I noted several volunteer fir trees out back…
So much fun!
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Bonsai On.!
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I am all for no angles (except 90 of course!) Did you use 4 X4’ or larger for posts? How deep were they set? How large are the tops? I am interested in making a few to set around. I have a couple table type benches, but I think the individual posts show off the tree and pot better. Thanks! Carol
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Carol,
I did use 4 x 4’s for the post. I put them 12-15” in the ground and poured no mix concrete to set in around the posts. The tops are 20” wide x 12” deep. I am in the process of re making the tops so they are framed in a box. The tops are slatted to let the water run through. I will post pics when I am done with them.
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